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"Drink Your Apple a Day" With Vintage Bouquet
"Drink Your Apple a Day" With Vintage Bouquet
GrayGhost


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Challenge: Beer or Soft Drink Advertisement (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: New Providence, NJ
Date: Oct 3, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Oct 3, 2006

 Marinelli\'s Sparkling Apple-Grape is non-alcoholic and therefore a soft drink, but I\'m guessing that this fact may be lost to some people, and that it might cost me. But the bottle is certainly more attractive than a pop-top can.

Tripod, manual focus, 580EX in Photek Softliter II umbrella on right, halogen light shot through reflector on left. I tried to use a flashlight to illuminate the beverage, but it just wasn\'t strong enough for the effect that I wanted.

PS rotate, crop, levels, resize, USM, saturation/lightness, save for web.

"Drink Your Apple a Day" is an old advertising slogan for Matinelli's Apple Cider. I've added to it to incorporate both grape and photography, "bouquet/boke" double-meaning and pun intented. Martinelli's Sparkling Apple Cider is really wonderful, and I recommend it highly -- try it!

Statistics
Place: 18 out of 127
Avg (all users): 6.2613
Avg (commenters): 7.6111
Avg (participants): 5.4898
Avg (non-participants): 6.4061
Views since voting: 1575
Views during voting: 427
Votes: 310
Comments: 22
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/16/2006 01:55:37 PM
I sent out thank you messages via PM, but wanted to post a general note - "Thank You" for all of the great comments. I'm glad that you mostly liked the image, and hope that you enjoy Martinelli's as much as I do.
 10/11/2006 08:59:37 PM
A very pleasant capture for a great sparkling drink. We alaways have it at Thanksgivings. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 10/11/2006 03:02:31 PM
Lovely picture. Congrats on your top 20 finish!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/10/2006 06:37:48 PM
LOVE THE VIBRANT COLORS. MAKES YOU WANT TO REACH OUT AND GRAB!
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 10/10/2006 05:53:35 PM
Nicely proportioned composition. Shape of the glass offsets the shape of the bottle nicely, and the fruit balances it. And everything is so CLEAN. How long did you polish it all?
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 10/10/2006 09:18:16 AM
Great image here.....
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 10/09/2006 09:53:23 PM
The background is incredibly bright. Is it digital or looking out a window on a very bright day?
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 10/08/2006 03:45:32 PM
good still life, the BK is distracting mainly because it is too light. the glass/mirror table is not adding anything, use more reflections or get rid of it.
good luck
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 10/08/2006 10:18:18 AM
Nice composition,im not shure about the background colour.Still its a great shot

Message edited by author 2006-10-14 15:10:13.
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 10/06/2006 05:51:52 PM
Great slogin - did you make it up? I think the only thing that really is not that great is the black part at the bottom - it is kind of distracting. Other than that I like it.
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 10/06/2006 02:33:51 PM
good, 10
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 10/06/2006 02:28:09 PM
Lovely clean image, great colours.
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 10/06/2006 10:52:57 AM
Yep. Looks like an advertisement to me. :D Nicely done.
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 10/05/2006 09:14:05 PM
There were relatively few shots that I thought were really well done this time, but this is certainly one of them. Super colors, great arrangement, and a super job overall. Way to go!
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 10/05/2006 12:05:19 PM
hate the background here. lighting too bright.
just a bad still life
 10/04/2006 10:18:48 PM
This is one of my favorites!
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 10/04/2006 04:36:48 PM
"Beer or Soft Drink Advertisement"
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 10/04/2006 02:21:54 PM
great shot and nice accompaning background
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 10/04/2006 10:58:10 AM
Classic comp and still life. Perfect for and ad. This photo fits really well with this product that is nicely presented. Nice background color and lighting.
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 10/04/2006 09:59:49 AM
I like the light, color, composition, focus..I don't like the perspective. The edge of the table/glass seems to distract from the shot. It is a good entry for this challenge. I used to love that stuff.
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 10/04/2006 05:28:26 AM
the image is nicely composed and lit, but I am not a big fan of the background
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 10/04/2006 03:41:36 AM
Ready for publishing ... wonder if the beer and soft drink producers will buy any prints, or maybe steal ideas!!!
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